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An Act authorizing the commonwealth to dispose of certain parcels of land in the town of Upton acquired for conservation and recreation purposes

Filed by Ryan C. Fattman  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 74 of the Acts of 2025.

S2576  ·  Bill

18 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-07-31SenateNew draft (Fattman) for S2135
2025-07-31SenatePassed to be engrossed
2025-08-04HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-11-18HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-11-18HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment (H4766) pending
2025-11-18HouseRules suspended
2025-11-18HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2025-11-18HouseOrdered to a third reading
2025-11-19HouseRules suspended
2025-11-19HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-19SenateRules suspended
2025-11-19SenateSenate concurred the House amendment
2025-11-19HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2025-11-19SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2025-11-19HouseEnacted - 158 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 112)
2025-11-19SenateEnacted -see Roll Call #108 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)
2025-11-19SenateLaid before the Governor
2025-12-26ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 74 of the Acts of 2025

2 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2025-11-19SenateNo. 108Enacted -see Roll Call #108 (Yeas 37 to Nays 0)37–0
2025-11-19 14:53HouseNo. 112On Enactment Land Taking158–0

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2025-11-18 10:45  ·  S.2576 “An Act authorizing the commonwealth to dispose of certain parcels of land in the town of Upton acquired for conservation and recreation purposes” as amended

favorable · 31

reserve right · 1

no action · 4

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.